Wake Ed Blog

Updated to reflect that the school board will definitely discuss makeup options for last week’s snow days.

School makeup days, school calendars, due process rights for teachers, the enrollment cap for Enloe High School and a public hearing on reunifying East Wake High School are among the items the Wake County school board will discuss Tuesday.

During the board work session, the agenda will be amended so staff can present options for making up last week’s three snow days. Families at traditional-calendar schools will be waiting to see if Wake will be like Durham – which didn’t cut into spring break – or like Johnston County – which took two vacation days away.

Due to the recent wintry weather, WAKE Up and Read has extended its deadline to collect 100,000 new and gently used children's books for Wake County students to mid-March. The literacy group will also hold special events on Monday at four Barnes & Nobles stores as part of national Read Across America today.

Even though students missed four days of classes this week, Wake County doesn’t have to make up Tuesday because school buses were en route to class. With Wake only needing to make up three days, district officials can extend the school year to June 11 without touching spring break for traditional-calendar schools.

Local civil-rights groups, including the NAACP, are supporting the Wake County school system’s efforts to promote cultural proficiency, saying it will help avoid the problems of “negative stereotypical history and “premature labeling based” on third-grade state test scores.

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